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14 Feb 2025
Kenyan AI workers form Data Labelers Association
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA group of Kenyan data workers whose labour provides the ‘backbone’ of modern artificial intelligence systems set up the Data Labelers Association to improve their working conditions and raise awareness about the challenges they face
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14 Feb 2025
SailPoint IPO highlights importance of identity
By Simon QuickeSecurity player’s distributor views move as a moment that validates the market, as well as its involvement with the vendor
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14 Feb 2025
SAP data cloud, Databricks integration aims to unify AI data
By Jim O'DonnellSAP unveiled the Business Data Cloud platform and Databricks partnership to support customers in AI projects, which analysts bill as an important evolution of data management.
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18 Apr 2024
GitLab Duo plans harness growing interest in platform AI
By Beth PariseauGitLab's next release will tie its Duo AI tools to the full DevSecOps pipeline in a bid to capitalize on increased interest in AI automation among platform engineers.
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18 Apr 2024
International police operation infiltrates LabHost phishing website used by thousands of criminals
By Bill GoodwinThe Metropolitan Police working with international police forces have shut down LabHost, a phishing-as-a-service website that has claimed 70,000 victims in the UK
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18 Apr 2024
CSA warns of emerging security risks with cloud and AI
By Aaron TanFew users appreciate the security risks of cloud and have the expertise to implement the complex security controls, says CSA chief executive David Koh
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18 Apr 2024
TUC publishes legislative proposal to protect workers from AI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonProposed bill for regulating artificial intelligence in the UK seeks to translate well-meaning principles and values into concrete rights and obligations that protect workers from systems that make ‘high-risk’ decisions about them
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18 Apr 2024
Lords to challenge controversial DWP benefits bank account surveillance powers
By Bill GoodwinMembers of the House of Lords are pressing for amendments to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill following concerns over government powers to monitor the bank accounts of people receiving benefits
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18 Apr 2024
Gov.uk One Login accounts on the rise
By Lis EvenstadSince August 2023, more than 1.8 million people verified their identity using the Gov.uk One Login app, while face-to-face verifications have also increased
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18 Apr 2024
IT expert who helped expose Post Office scandal offers to investigate second controversial system
By Karl FlindersIT expert Jason Coyne, who played a critical part in exposing the Post Office Horizon scandal, said he would examine the Capture System
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17 Apr 2024
DHS funding breathes fresh life into SBOMs
By Beth PariseauProtobom, now an OpenSSF sandbox project, is the first of multiple software supply chain security efforts funded under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program.
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17 Apr 2024
VMware’s APAC customers weigh in on licensing changes
By Aaron TanVMware customers in the region are concerned about higher costs even as they see the benefits of subscription-based pricing and product bundling in the longer term
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17 Apr 2024
Westcoast picks up Spire
By Simon QuickeDistributor Westcoast adds components specialist Spire to bolster the portfolio and add more depth to the Group
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17 Apr 2024
Mandiant formally pins Sandworm cyber attacks on APT44 group
By Alex ScroxtonMandiant has formally attributed a long-running campaign of cyber attacks by a Russian state actor known as Sandworm to a newly designated advanced persistent threat group to be called APT44
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17 Apr 2024
CIO interview: Attiq Qureshi, chief digital information officer, Manchester United
By Bryan GlickFor any IT professional who is also a football fan, there can’t be many more appealing jobs than CIO of a Premier League club – we find out what it’s like to be the IT chief at Manchester United
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17 Apr 2024
VMware: Broadcom faces EU complaint over unfair licensing
By Cliff SaranCEO Hock Tan responds to complaints, opening up partner programme to smaller resellers and standardising on core licensing
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17 Apr 2024
CIO interview: Making datacentres greener
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the CIO of Danfoss about how the company has used HPE GreenLake to improve energy efficiency
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17 Apr 2024
IFS builds AI and automation into ERP to help businesses boost productivity
By Marc Ambasna-JonesChanging of the guard has ERP firm set for renewed focus on AI and core business
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16 Apr 2024
US provides assurances over extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
By Bill GoodwinExtradition of the WikiLeaks founder moves a step closer after the US government gives diplomatic assurances over his treatment in the US. Assange supporters accuse the US of ‘weasel words’
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16 Apr 2024
Post Office boss signed off hush money to cover up smoking gun
By Karl FlindersA former Post Office boss admitted the pain and suffering of subpostmasters could have been avoided had the organisation done the right thing
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16 Apr 2024
CISOs not yet convinced to invest in AI
By Alex ScroxtonCISOs say their eyes are fixed firmly on threats like ransomware and supply chain attacks, and while AI is becoming a threat that needs to be dealt with, it’s not yet an immediate spending priority
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Gleaning data insights with AI
By Aaron TanHong Kong-based Citic Telecom CPC has built a data platform that leverages large language models to generate insights and speed up data retrieval and analysis
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Making AI pervasive
By Aaron TanDBS Bank’s AI Industrialisation Programme has been instrumental in industrialising the use of data and artificial intelligence across its business, resulting in over S$370m of incremental economic benefits
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Arming for efficiency
By Edwin YappFujifilm Business Innovation Australia’s automated scheduling application has been able to schedule unplanned service calls automatically and reduce travel times for its technicians
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Balancing security and user experience
By Edwin YappThe National University of Singapore’s Safe initiative has strengthened the security of IT systems and end-user devices while prioritising user experience through passwordless access
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16 Apr 2024
Sectigo extends CLM tools to cover SME customer base
By Simon QuickeCertificate specialist responds to changing market dynamics and introduces product aimed specifically at smaller users
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16 Apr 2024
Why Salesforce needs a data management platform
By Cliff SaranThere are reports that Salesforce is looking to acquire Informatica, but such a move needs to fit with its AI and GenAI strategy
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16 Apr 2024
NHS England scouts for national CCIO
By Lis EvenstadThe new national chief clinical informatics officer (CCIO) role comes with a salary offer of up to £146,000 and includes leading NHS England’s Transformation Directorates digital clinical informatics team
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16 Apr 2024
Leil wants to revive MAID as green storage tape substitute
By Antony AdsheadMAID sought to provide energy-efficient disk storage with quicker access times than tape. Estonian startup Leil wants to supplant tape with green storage spin-down SMR drives
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16 Apr 2024
Alan Bates and JFSA won’t back down in fight with government and Post Office
By Karl FlindersOver the past 15 years, Computer Weekly has learnt that Alan Bates and the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance don’t give up, and it would be crass to disregard their plans
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16 Apr 2024
Recognising APAC’s trailblazers in digital transformation
By Aaron TanDBS Bank and NUS were among the top industry innovators that were lauded for various transformational initiatives at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2024
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15 Apr 2024
Nib shutters last datacentre, moves most workloads to AWS
By Stephen WithersThe Australian health and travel insurance provider has closed the last of its seven datacentres, marking the end of its nine-year cloud migration programme
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15 Apr 2024
More social engineering attacks on open source projects observed
By Alex ScroxtonIn the wake of the recent XZ Utils scare, maintainers of another open source project have come forward to say they may have experienced similar social engineering attacks
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15 Apr 2024
Infinigate handed UKI distie role by Ironscales
By Simon QuickeDistributor gets the chance to build on existing relationship with vendor after delivering results across continental Europe
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15 Apr 2024
Swedish company first to use STMicroelectronics chips
By Pat BransPowerful new processors help power next-generation industrial human machine interfaces, starting in the Nordics
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15 Apr 2024
Quickwit claims big advantage in log file search and index
By Antony AdsheadWhen the logs are the data: Startup Quickwit claims late entrant advantage in log file search and index with bigger datasets and better analytics on reduced infrastructure
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15 Apr 2024
EU’s AI Act fails to protect the rule of law and civic space
By Josh OsmanAnalysis reveals that the AI Act is ‘riddled with far-reaching exceptions’ and its measures to protect fundamental rights are insufficient
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12 Apr 2024
Apple iPhone security alert renews spyware concerns
By Alex ScroxtonAn Apple security alert received by users in 92 countries raises fresh fears over ongoing campaigns by users of mercenary spyware products
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12 Apr 2024
UK in critical need of regulation to fight misinformation online
By Josh OsmanMisinformation, where it is generated by AI, poses a serious threat due to the ease with which plausible false content can be created and spread
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12 Apr 2024
Executive interview: Balancing AI with human creativity
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the chief product officer at Getty Images and iStock about the role generative AI can play in the image-making process.
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12 Apr 2024
Government could still replace Fujitsu in key nuclear contract
By Karl FlindersFujitsu’s first government contract of the year could be just a stay of execution as department says that all replacement options are still being considered
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12 Apr 2024
Post Office boss said subpostmasters had hands in till and blamed technology for missing cash
By Karl FlindersFormer boss reacted to 2009 Computer Weekly expose by telling a colleague that 'subbies with their hands in the till' were blaming technology for their own theft
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11 Apr 2024
Facial recognition to play key role in UK shoplifting crackdown
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUK government will fund roll-out of police facial recognition across the country as part of its crackdown on shoplifting and violence against retail staff, but civil society groups say the government is attempting to police its way out of the cost-of-living crisis
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11 Apr 2024
Former Post Office executive’s neglect prolonged Horizon reliability myth
By Karl FlindersExecutive’s failure to provide terms of reference for a controversial Post Office investigation into its own computer system resulted in a one-sided whitewash report
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11 Apr 2024
AI skills gap blocking public sector take-up
By Alex ScroxtonA Salesforce report claims that a lack of skills in artificial intelligence is preventing effective take-up of generative AI to enhance frontline citizen services across the public sector
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11 Apr 2024
CMA set to tackle interconnected web of strategic AI partnerships
By Cliff SaranGoogle, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Nvidia are all collaborating on AI foundation models, potentially to the detriment of fair, open and effective competition
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11 Apr 2024
How GenAI use is evolving for Google Cloud customers
By Josh OsmanWith more than one million developers now using Google Cloud’s generative AI systems to power their tools, Google customers have gone beyond experimentation and are now building their own agents
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11 Apr 2024
IR35: HMRC restores Github access to deleted CEST source code, but confirms update data lost
By Caroline DonnellyAfter the source code for its much-maligned online IR35 status checker tool was deleted in error from Github, HMRC confirms it has now been re-uploaded, but any data about past updates to the tool have been lost
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11 Apr 2024
Fujitsu public sector contracts dry up in Post Office scandal aftermath
By Karl FlindersDisgraced IT supplier has won just one public sector contract following public anger over Post Office scandal
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11 Apr 2024
Government dismisses Lords’ concerns over facial recognition
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUK government is claiming police forces’ use of live facial recognition is comprehensively covered by existing laws, in response to a Lords investigation that found police lacked a clear legal basis to deploy it
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10 Apr 2024
Breakthrough may herald secure home quantum computing
By Alex ScroxtonAn emerging approach to quantum security dubbed blind quantum computing may one day help spur mass adoption of quantum computing safely and securely, using technology that is already available today
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10 Apr 2024
Cyber crooks poison GitHub search to fool developers
By Alex ScroxtonResearchers share data on new technique whereby malicious actors are manipulating GitHub’s search function and using cleverly crafted repositories to distribute malware
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10 Apr 2024
Google Cloud debuts agent builder to ease GenAI adoption
By Aaron TanVertex AI Agent Builder is touted to enable developers with different levels of expertise to build conversational AI agents grounded in enterprise data
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10 Apr 2024
Biden considering whether to end prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
By Bill GoodwinUS president Joe Biden says he is considering requests by Australia to end the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under espionage and computer fraud charges
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10 Apr 2024
Subpostmasters stealing from branches ‘didn’t make sense,’ former judge tells inquiry
By Karl FlindersThe former judge who chaired a scheme set up by the Post Office to settle claims against its Horizon system said he told bosses their prosecutions of subpostmasters "didn't make sense"
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10 Apr 2024
The challenges of securing a UK semiconductor supply chain
By Cliff SaranThe UK’s national semiconductor strategy aims to establish the country's credentials as a leader in the sector. We look at how it stacks up
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10 Apr 2024
Salesforce helps customers establish bug bounty programmes
By Alex ScroxtonSalesforce has added new learning content to its Trailhead platform designed to help customers develop their own bug bounty programmes
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09 Apr 2024
Microsoft corks Windows zero-day on April Patch Tuesday
By Tom WalatThe company delivered one of its largest security update releases in recent years with a proxy driver spoofing vulnerability topping the patching priority list.
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09 Apr 2024
Report highlights shortcomings in UK chip plans
By Cliff SaranThe national semiconductor strategy needs to encourage greater collaboration with international parters such as South Korea
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09 Apr 2024
States act on privacy laws as Congress considers new bill
By Makenzie HollandThe American Privacy Rights Act introduced this week aims to establish a national privacy standard that would preempt state privacy laws.
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09 Apr 2024
Google Cloud embeds Gemini across product portfolio
By Aaron TanGoogle Cloud’s Gemini model will power a slew of AI assistant capabilities across its portfolio to bring the benefits of generative AI to developers and enterprise users
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09 Apr 2024
Civil servants more to blame for Post Office cover-up than ministers, says Alan Bates
By Karl FlindersCampaigning former subpostmaster believes the civil service has more to answer for than ministers in the Post Office Horizon scandal
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09 Apr 2024
TeamViewer launches initiative to bring women into sports tech
By Josh OsmanTeamViewer’s flagship SheSportTech initiative aims to encourage more women into sports technology, offering ‘inspiration, training grants and access to unique experiences’
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09 Apr 2024
New Google Gemini AI tie-ins dig into local codebases
By Beth PariseauGoogle ties in its latest Gemini AI model with company-specific data in a new code assistant and Vertex AI updates that also anticipate a coming wave of AI agent development.
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09 Apr 2024
UK plc failing on multiple cyber measures
By Alex ScroxtonGovernment report shows 50% of businesses and 32% of charities reported a cyber attack or breach in the past 12 months and organisations across the UK are failing on multiple cyber measures
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09 Apr 2024
Public worried by police and companies sharing biometric data
By Josh OsmanMore than half of the British public do not feel comfortable with police forces sharing biometric data with the private sector, including facial recognition images, to tackle crimes such as shoplifting
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09 Apr 2024
Is a cyber arms control treaty out of reach?
By Alex ScroxtonThe world needs cyber arms control more than ever, but the challenges facing a multilateral agreement will be hard to surmount, according to researchers at Germany’s Digital Society Institute
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09 Apr 2024
Labour promises digital red book and smartphones for children with diabetes
By Lis EvenstadThe Labour Party has announced plans for children’s health records to be put on parents’ NHS App, while also partnering with Virgin Media O2 to give children with type 1 diabetes smartphones to check their blood sugar
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09 Apr 2024
Government struggles to upgrade legacy IT systems, says PAC chair
By Lis EvenstadIn her annual report, Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier calls legacy IT one of government’s ‘big nasties’ and says money urgently needs to be spent to fix the situation
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09 Apr 2024
Greek government fined over AI surveillance in refugee camps
By Lydia EmmanouilidouGreece’s Data Protection Authority has issued a €175,000 fine against the country’s migration ministry over its deployment of artificial intelligence-powered security systems in refugee camps after the watchdog’s investigation found ‘serious shortcomings’ with the roll-out
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08 Apr 2024
What Cisco’s Splunk acquisition means for APAC customers
By Aaron TanAPAC organisations can expect better visibility and insights into their networks and applications along with automation and response capabilities to improve their digital resilience
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08 Apr 2024
UK vet network CVS hit by cyber attack
By Alex ScroxtonOperations at UK-based veterinary network CVS have been disrupted by a cyber incident of an as-yet undisclosed nature
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08 Apr 2024
UN adopts ‘landmark’ resolution on making AI safe and trustworthy
By Josh OsmanA UN draft resolution promoting the use of artificial intelligence in sustainable development and the protection of human rights was backed by over 120 member states
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08 Apr 2024
Marketplaces, AI and regional growth on Couchbase priorities list
By Simon QuickeCouchbase’s channel executive is looking to expand the reach of the business and provide partners with more routes to market
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08 Apr 2024
Further extension to controversial Post Office contract with Fujitsu inevitable
By Karl FlindersPost Office is seeking software developers as it replaces the controversial Horizon system from Fujitsu with an in-house alternative
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08 Apr 2024
Microsoft sets up AI hub in Paddington
By Cliff SaranThe company is building a London team to support artificial intelligence innovation by developing the required infrastructure and tooling
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08 Apr 2024
Some former Post Office staff should be jailed over scandal, says government minister
By Karl FlindersGovernment minister outlines the real prospect that people will be jailed for their roles in the Post Office Horizon scandal
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08 Apr 2024
MPs will grill Cabinet Office over Fujitsu contract bidding pause
By Karl FlindersParliamentary select committees have their eyes trained on Fujitsu’s response to the Post Office Horizon scandal, with its pause on bidding for contracts under scrutiny
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05 Apr 2024
GDPR, EU AI Act will overlap as businesses face enforcement
By Makenzie HollandEnforcement of the new EU AI Act remains up in the air as governing bodies are being established. Meanwhile, DPAs grapple with how new laws will interact with existing laws.
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05 Apr 2024
China ramps up use of AI misinformation
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft researchers have identified a growing pattern of AI-laced misinformation and political interference coming from Chinese threat actors
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05 Apr 2024
Future Councils pilot finds systemic blockers to digital innovation
By Lis EvenstadCouncils face a range of challenges, hindering digital transformation, including inconsistent approaches to making the case for change, complexities surrounding resource allocations, lack of data and time
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05 Apr 2024
Europol offers law enforcement agencies data on Europe’s most threatening crime networks
By Bill GoodwinEuropol has collected and analysed data from over 40 countries to identify 800 most threatening criminal networks operating in Europe in what it describes as a unique dataset for law enforcemnt
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05 Apr 2024
UKtech50 2024 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT
By Lis EvenstadComputer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is on – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list
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05 Apr 2024
How Oracle Red Bull Racing guards against cyber threats
By Stephen WithersThe F1 team is tapping managed security services, conducting penetration tests and improving security awareness among employees to fend off cyber threats such as phishing and ransomware
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05 Apr 2024
Environment Agency dumps Fujitsu as Post Office scandal takes its toll
By Karl FlindersTroubled supplier loses flood warnings contract with government department after almost a decade
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04 Apr 2024
IR35 reforms: Incoming legislative tweak could reignite contracting market, experts claim
By Caroline DonnellyA long-awaited tweak to the IR35 rules that will put a stop to HMRC over-collecting tax from non-compliant entities is great news for IT contractors, experts claim
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04 Apr 2024
JetBrains IDEs add local AI code completion
By Beth PariseauJetBrains beats GitHub Copilot to an increasingly popular trend that circumvents copyright and data privacy concerns with cloud-based AI assistants.
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04 Apr 2024
Enterprise businesses use NIST AI RMF to guide AI use
By Makenzie HollandThe NIST AI RMF guides both developers and businesses in crafting responsible AI systems.
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04 Apr 2024
Splunk-Cribl lawsuit over log management heads to trial
By Beth PariseauA jury trial, in which Splunk now accuses Cribl of violating the terms of the Splunk Enterprise license and its partnership agreement, is scheduled to begin April 8.
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04 Apr 2024
Changes needed for SOCs and CSIRTs, claims Dutch research institute
By Kim LoohuisCyber security specialists need a game-changer to keep up with their adversaries, who increasingly use automation and AI for their attacks
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04 Apr 2024
Education sector facing huge VMware cost increases after Broadcom ends discounts
By Cliff SaranUK non-profit London Grid for Learning and Belgian university KU Leuven are just two of the academic organisations facing huge licensing increases after Broadcom scraps VMware academic discount scheme
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04 Apr 2024
Forrester: IT departments are blowing their cloud budgets
By Cliff SaranA poll of IT decision-makers has found that cloud spending is rising, driven by more workloads and ineffective IT architecture planning
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04 Apr 2024
Fujitsu should stop bending rules, stop bidding and pay up, says MP
By Karl FlindersMP Liam Byrne calls on Fujitsu to put actions behind the promises it made to MPs, victims of the Post Office scandal and UK taxpayers
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04 Apr 2024
Obituary: Professor Ross Anderson, pioneer in security engineering and campaigner
By Bill GoodwinRoss Anderson, a titan in the field of security engineering and campaigner for privacy and security, has passed away
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03 Apr 2024
Boomi CEO anticipates rise of the AI agent economy
By Aaron TanBoomi CEO talks up the company’s efforts to build up an AI agent architecture, its upcoming AI capabilities set to debut next month, and its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region
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03 Apr 2024
RDP abused in over 90% of cyber attacks, Sophos finds
By Alex ScroxtonThreat actors continue to see great success using simple, tried and tested methods, and many defenders are failing to do the basics
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03 Apr 2024
Ransomware kill switch may save 99% of files from encryption
By Alex ScroxtonMDR specialist Adlumin says its new features will help customers stop in-progress ransomware attacks before they can cause significant damage
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03 Apr 2024
Women in Data: MoD’s first chief data officer on overcoming imposter syndrome
By Madeline BennettAt the recent Women In Data event, Caroline Bellamy outlined why the defence sector needs diversity of thinking when tackling threats
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03 Apr 2024
Fujitsu staff instructed how to bid for government contracts during self-imposed ban
By Karl FlindersLeak reveals how Fujitsu advises staff to approach UK government customers during its self-imposed bidding pause, as well as details of a multimillion-pound project to protect its reputation
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02 Apr 2024
GitHub Actions-hosted runners tie in Azure private networks
By Beth PariseauPrivate network support is also planned for AWS and Google Cloud Platform, but industry watchers see a power play for Microsoft Azure in GitHub Actions updates this week.
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02 Apr 2024
Microsoft unbundles Teams, but change won't affect market
By Makenzie HollandMicrosoft's decision to separate out Teams from its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 products might satisfy regulators, but won't change adoption trends.
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02 Apr 2024
Microsoft pushes Teams out of M365 and O365 bundle globally
By Cliff SaranMicrosoft claims Teams push out of bundle will simplify pricing, with enterprise IT buyers possibly better off
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02 Apr 2024
Security and AI occupy SME thoughts
By Simon QuickeDigital workspace player Espria shares the themes it uncovered at its recent discussion around technology that delivers users peace of mind